I'd forgotten about J&J's exit - that was atleast decent. Definitely not great, but coming off the last JERk run nothing could be.

I shouldnt have counted Brandt's exit with the others - we actually got to see him board the plane. lol.

But sadly, unless you die(Colin), or are seriously injured(Lucas), you dont get a proper exit anymore. Its not just Days doing this though, alot of shows now seem to be trying to get over actor departures using the bandaid philosophy (rip it off fast and quick). The last show I can really remember paying tribute to an actress departing was B&B and Jennifer Finnigan. Even though she was being recast, she got this great final scene that was purposly written as a goodbye to Jen's version scene.

Yep. Lucas' exit actually sucked too. They just used an extra in the hospital bed for weeks and shipped him off. They left the character in limbo, essentially. I think they planned to bring him back though.